January « 2010 « My Latest Obsession

Reptile Nails

For this one I was just playing around, but I ended up really liking the end result.

CND Effects Jade Sparkle, my Lemoncakes franken, China Glaze Treehugger, CND Effects Gold Pearl

I started with3 coats of my Lemoncakes franken. Then I added part of the leopard print pattern from Konad plate m57. This [...]

This is a franken I did quite a while ago because I was unable to find my perfect yellow polish. I have no idea what I used to make it, I know that Sally Hansen Lightening wis in there somewhere, and also something that has shimmer.

I was going for a creamy pale pale pale pastel [...]

China Glaze - Blue Island Iced Tea

I haven’t yet decided how I feel about this polish. It’s extrordinarily shimmery, to the point where it starts to look frosty/metallic, which is not a look that I like.

Darn, this first picture was pre-cleanup. I’m keeping it though because I like the way it shows the shimmer.

awesome boring Konad

Without a doubt, my very favorite kind of Konad is a monochrome full nail pattern. I know that is entirely boring and uncreative, but it just never fails to look damn good! I also seem to totally like this pattern.

OK, I just spent half an hour trying to find pictures of [...]

Color Club – Love Em, Leave Em

Ahhhhhhhh. I really, really like this polish. It’s understated, but of course it’s got all that holo goodness. I think it’s the only one I own from this collection, and I’d been drooling over it for forever.

When I apply topcoat to a holo polish, there’s a noticeable dulling of the holo [...]

another haul

I really need to try to remember that $3.99 “clearance” polishes at Sally’s really aren’t a bargain, considering that with the rewards card and the 15% coupon they’re, what, $4.50-5? and also they’re available online for $2.50ish. At least, they’re not enough of a bargain to buy polishes that I didn’t really want in the [...]

China Glaze - Naked

Well, this is my first duplicate swatch so far. I’ve already posted Naked. However, what was up with the color incorrectness and general dullness and blurriness of my last pictures??? I did not know it was such a drastic difference, but MAN my new camera takes better pictures!

My fingers are not [...]

Maybelline - Violet Aluminum

EW. EW EW EW EW EW EW EW. That is all I have to say.

Funky Fingers - 220 Volts

Lovely bright color, but slightly rotten application because it’s oddly sheer. Does it automatically become a jelly at this level of sheerness? This was four coats, and there aren’t a lot of polishes that I like four coats worth. This is also a neon, so of course it dries matte.

The closet color in [...]

Orly - Enchanted Forest

I DO. NOT. LIKE. black polishes that masquerade as vampy dark colors. This is a very nice shade of green but it’s simply too dark for me. Covered nicely in 2 coats, though.

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